Great Hunnic Empire

The Great Hunnic Empire was a Turkic empire that existed in East Asia from 220 BC to 46 BC, founded by Modu Chanyu. The "Huns" in question were the Xiongnu barbarians of northern China and southern Mongolia, and the state was unified as a result of the Qin dynasty's eviction of the Huns from their Yellow River pastures and the loss of the Ordos region to Meng Tian. Modu conquered the Dingling of southern Siberia, the Donghu of eastern Mongolia and Manchuria, and the Yuezhi of Gansu, creating a large empire. By the time of Modu's death in 174 BC, the Xiongnu ruled almost all of western China, and they became the most important nomads on the borders of the Han dynasty. However, the Han struck back in the following years, with Wei Qing recapturing the Ordos region in 127 BC, and Huo Qubing ravaged five Hunnic kingdoms. From 60 to 53 BC, the Xiongnu were devastated by a civil war, and the empire had disintegrated by 46 BC.